[Qing Ruxu: "By the way, why is your avatar a little electric person like that?"]
She had occasionally seen the avatars of virtual streamers, and they all seemed to be 3D stereoscopic, whereas Xu Yiran's was just a 2D anime figure.
Before Xu Yiran could reply, the fans gave her the answer.
[Because the streamer is poor. (Doge)]
[Hahaha, those 3D little electric people are custom-made for streamers. If you want one like that, it requires special customization.]
[The most important thing is that our beloved streamer is too poor right now to afford that custom one. (Doge)]
Xu Yiran said with a smiling voice, "Right, because I'm too poor right now, I have to wait until I save enough money to get a nice little electric person."
[Qing Ruxu: Are those little electric people very expensive?]
She had never looked into this sort of thing and didn't know the specific price.
Xu Yiran had looked into the relevant prices and said straight out, "About twenty or thirty, and a better one could be fifty or even more."
Qin Qing blinked. This price wasn't cheap either.
"Does big sis really not want to listen to a song? If you don't want to listen, I'll go hang out with someone else."
Xu Yiran glanced at the co-host application in the lower right corner and said to the camera.
[Qing Ruxu: Go ahead. If I want to listen, I'll drop by your audio room later to request a song.]
Seeing this message, the fans' eyes lit up in an instant.
Did this mean she would come back later?
The moderator's eyes lit up immediately, and ignoring everything else, started protecting the live stream's rare and only big sister benefactor.
[Qing Ruxu: "Alright, alright. Big Sis Qingqing, would you like to join the fan group first? We post notifications for both co-hosts and solo streams in the group."]
[If Big Sis doesn't want to join the group, you can also add the moderator sis or the streamer's contact info, and we'll tell Big Sis when the stream starts.]
The fans spoke with extreme care, terrified of scaring this big sister away.
Qin Qing genuinely thought these fans were cute and directly applied to join the group.
The group chat and the public screen were filled entirely with welcoming messages, and you could tell they were genuinely happy.
Xu Yiran also noticed this news and spoke up to welcome her.
"Welcome Big Sis Qingqing to the Starlight big family."
His voice was magnetic and languid, making anyone who heard it feel an itch in their heart.
Just as the other three streamers who had successfully connected for the co-host heard him say this, they chimed in with teases.
"Ohoho, congrats, Big Sis~."
"Congratulations!"
H. Feng Sheng bantered, "Congratulations, congratulations! Well, our Yiran now has someone guarding him too."
Xu Yiran was amused by his words. "Spend less time online. You've gotten so abstract these days I can barely recognize you."
[Hahaha, I'm dying. Feng Sheng was so pure at the beginning, but now he's learned to be bad following Captain Yan and the others.]
[No, no, the source of evil isn't Captain Yan, it's the people from Hall 3.]
[Hahaha, so true. But the mental state of everyone in Hall 3 is a bit off. I'm starting to guess whether Hall 3 chose people like this on purpose.]
[Hall 3: You're slandering! I'm going to sue you for slander~.]
H. Feng Sheng: "What do you say now? Do you want to have a sexy little PK?"
H. Xiu Yuan: "No way. Yiran just got a big sister here, and now you want to battle him in a PK? Are you practically asking for a punishment?"
Hearing this, Feng Sheng instantly became unhappy. "No, what do you mean by asking for a punishment? Do you have no confidence in the big sister from your own side?"
All four of them came from the training camp, so they had a very good relationship, and they wouldn't get angry over minor jokes.
Fans even said they were like old rivals, and could accept all the banter and teasing.
"Let's do a round! Let me be the vanguard and test your level for Hall 3 first," H. Xiao Xi said with a grin.
[Well well well, I suddenly noticed that apart from Yiran and Xiu Yuan, the other two are both from Hall 3. (Doge)]
[You just realized? I noticed the moment they came in: 1 from Hall 1, 1 from Hall 2, and 2 from Hall 3, hahaha.]
[Form teams, form teams! The time for Hall 1 and Hall 2 to beat up Hall 3 has arrived.]
The fans in Xu Yiran's live stream saw this bullet comment, and the bullet comments abruptly cleared out.
Wait, what on earth made the fans think Yiran was already capable of beating up Hall 3?
People in Hall 3 might have questionable mental states, but their popularity value was high, and the horsepower (money) at home was also plentiful.
Especially Feng Sheng—he had been in Hanbaiyu for a year. Although he wasn't top-tier, he belonged to the mid-tier category, and he was certainly not someone the current Xu Yiran could rival.
A big sister had just arrived at their place, and she was an uncertain big sister at that—one who might not even drop gifts. Yet now they wanted to challenge a mid-tier streamer?
[We really are getting full of ourselves. (Helplessly covers face)]
Xu Yiran drew a sharp breath. "Even though I didn't get a fine today, let's not get too puffed up. I don't have any plans to self-destruct for points yet."
H. Feng Sheng laughed and said, "You've only made a few coins, and you're already planning to self-destruct?"
Xu Yiran helplessly replied, "You're overthinking it. Even if I take out a loan, I'm not guaranteed to beat you."
Qin Qing saw their conversation and couldn't help joining in the fun.
[Qing Ruxu: Why do none of you think we can win? (Curious)]
[Ah?]
[Big Sis Qing, should we lower our goal a bit? Let's just make sure our brother co-host doesn't get fined first, shall we? (Covering face)]
[Big Sis, your expectations of us are a bit too high, hahaha.]
[Qing Ruxu: So unconfident, huh?]
Qingcheng the moderator explained: [It's not that we lack confidence in ourselves, but a lot of people in Starlight are students, and Brother doesn't let them spend money on gifts, hahaha.]
Qin Qing raised an eyebrow. Fine, if he wouldn't let the students spend, she could.
The PK started. The first thirty seconds were a double-points bonus mechanic, and many fans would use this time to drop lots of gifts to give their beloved streamer a higher score.
"Babies, it's double points, double points! Send whatever you've got. Don't let Hall 1 and Hall 2 look down on Hall 3, Ouro."
The scores of the four streamers jumped at this moment, but the advantage of Feng Sheng's higher fan base became apparent.
A single little heart could directly send him to first place.
Seeing that their score had fallen behind, Xiu Yuan cried out for help.
"Ahhhhh, Yiran, hurry up and push, or we're going to lose."
Xu Yiran was silent for a moment. "Why do you think I have any points?"
Before Qin Qing arrived, it was even difficult for him to just complete his quests.
Some people in the bullet comments had already started stirring up trouble.
They thought that Qin Qing being in the live stream but not dropping gifts was unethical behavior.
When the moderator noticed this bullet comment, they decisively kicked that fan out of the live stream and blocked them.
Seeing this, the fans also hurriedly started rallying for votes, scrolling past the comment above.
Everyone shared a tacit understanding, and even Qin Qing, the person involved, didn't notice what had happened.
When she came back from getting water, she saw that Xu Yiran's score had fallen behind. She immediately dropped nine sports cars, and his score instantly surged past the others, jumping from fourth to first place.